Window-shade hanger.



No. 868,527. PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907. W. F. BROWN.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1907. v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW-SHADE HANG-ER.

Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Application filed May 9,1907. Serial No. 372,792.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that WILLIAM F. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goldthwaite, in the county of Mills and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Hangers;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention is an improved window shade hanger,

adjustable to lit shade rollers of various lengths, and so constructedand combined with hoisting devices as to enable the shade to be raisedor lowered from the top of the window at will, as well as to be raisedor lowered from the bottom thereof, so that light and air may be causedto enter either from above or below the shade, and my invention consistsin the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is an elevation of a shade hangerembodying my invention, showing the same attached to a window, and Fig.2 is a sectional view of the same, taken on the plane inclicated by theline a-o of Fig. l.

My improved shade hanger comprises the side members 1 and the connectingmember 2. Each of the side members comprises a vertical outer arm 3 anda horizontal, inwardly-extending arm 4 at the lower end of said verticalarm. Said horizontal arms are provided with laterally extending membershaving alining openings therein and preferably formed by depressed innerportions, offset, as at 5, to provide shoulders 6 having openings forthe reception of the adjusting member 2, which preferably is a rod. Theside members are thus slidably connected to the adjusting member 2,which serves to connect them together and enable said side members to beadjusted toward and from each other, so that the length of the shadehanger may be varied to correspond with the length of the roller a, towhich the shade b is attached. By the provision of the offsets 5, andthe shoulders 6, through which the adjusting and connecting rod 2extends, said rod and the horizontal arms of the side members brace eachother and render the shade hanger extremely strong, while also enablingit to be very light.

It will be understood that the side members may be made of sheet metalat very slight expense, so that the shade hanger may be very cheaplyproduced.

The vertical arms 3 of the side members are provided with bearingopenings for the journals of the shade roller. The shade roller is ofthe usual construction, and is preferably provided with an interiorspring to enable the shade to be raised and lowered.

At the upper corners of the window frame, I provide brackets 7 each ofwhich supports a peripherallygrooved roller or pulley 8. Cords 9 passover said pulleys, and one end of each of said cords is attached to theupper end of one of the arms 3 of the said members. The other ends ofthe cords are united, and the said cords may be fastened to the Windowframe by a button or other suitable device 10.

It will be understood that by means of the cords and pulleys, the shadehanger which carries the shade and its roller may be raised and lowered,and that the cord may be fastened by the button to support the hangerand hence the upper end of the shade at any desired adjustment. 1

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood Without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle, orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is,

1. A shade hanger of the class described comprising side members. eachhaving a vertical arm and a lower, in wardly-extending. horizontal arm,said horizontal arms having offset portions providing shoulders and saidshoulders having openings extending therethrough, and :1 connecting rodpassed through the said openings of the shoulders and adjustablyconnecting said side members together, substantially as described.

2. A shade hanger of the class described comprising side members eachhaving a vertical arm and a lower inwardly extending horizontal arm,said horizontal arms being pro vidcd with laterally extending membershaving alining openings formed therein and a connecting rod passedthrough said openings and adjustably connecting' said membersv Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM l3. BROWN.

Witnesses E. L. ll/IAR'LIN, W. V. VANVORT.

